Chapter: 16 All The Pieces Special Thanks: Special thanks to Vernie for her help with this story. Rating: PG 13 Characters: Noah, Snyder, Lily,Luke, Damian, Eddie, Roth Disclaimer: This site is no way associated with "As the World Turns", CBS, P&G, or Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann. This is not for profit. No copyright infringement is intended. Authors submit and write their own work.

Noah arrived back in Oakdale late. He went back to his apartment. He had tried to call Luke, but he didn't pick up. The apartment was still a mess from him throwing things during his rage over Luke.

He picked up the picture of him and Luke. "I should have known that you wouldn't have done that to me, unless there was a good reason. We are meant to be together and I'm going to see that we are."

He took the picture into the bedroom with him. He climbed into bed and settled onto Luke's side. "I'll see Luke at the farm in the morning."
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Noah arrived at the farm. He hoped that what he was thinking was wrong. Would Damian force Luke to stop seeing Noah. Why would he do that? Holden was in the kitchen and Lily had stopped by to drop off the girls. "Hi Mr and Mrs Snyder."

Holden and Lilly looked at Noah and then looked around for Luke. "Noah where's Luke?"

Noah frowned. "I was hoping you could tell me."

Lily was worried. "Luke went with you to Chicago."

Noah shook his head. "No he didn't. Luke and I had a fight the night before. He left the apartment and I haven't seen him since."

Holden took a step towards Noah. "Luke came by Saturday morning. He said that you were running errands and then you were going to leave. If he's not with you? Where is he?"

Noah bit his lip. "I think he is with Damian Grimaldi."

Lily and Holden looked at each other. "Damian?"

Holden turned back to Noah. "We haven't heard from Damian..."

Lily interrupted. " Actually, I talked to him a couple months ago. I told him to leave Luke alone. That he had a boyfriend and was happy."

Holden looked at Lily. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Lily shook her head. "I didn't think there was anything to tell."

Holden walked over to the phone. "I should call Jack."

Noah walked over to stop him. "Not yet. We don't know that Damian definitely has Luke. It could be that he is just upset about our fight."

Holden hung up the phone. "Do you really believe that?"

Noah shook his head. "No, not really, but if he is with Damian if we contact the police he might hurt Luke. I talked to one guy in Chicago, but he was kind of out of it. Let me talk to some more people to make sure that Damian is involved."

Holden looked at Lily. Lily shrugged. "Okay. I don't know about this, but if your not completely sure, I will give you a couple of days, but then I call Jack."

Noah nodded. "Hopefully that will be all I need."
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Luke had been with Damian for 5 days now. It seemed like 5 years. He couldn't help worrying about Noah. He thought about him all the time. Damian insisted that he participate in various activities. They went to the races and opera. They attended various social functions. Damian would proudly introduce Luke as his son. Like some trophy that he had won. He went through the paces, but his heart remained in Oakdale with Noah and the Snyders.

Luke was writing in his journal. He wrote letters to Noah. Letters that he knew that he would never send. He told Noah how much he loved him and missed him. How he never meant to hurt him, but didn't have a choice.

Damian came walking in. "The tailor needs to do a final fitting for your tuxedo. We will be having a party to introduce you to all my friends."

Luke didn't look up. He didn't like Damian's friends. "Why would any of them care about me?"

Damian walked over to Luke. "These people are very important. You must have the proper connections."

Luke got up and started to leave the room. "I don't care about connections. I don't care about any of this. I hate it and I hate you."

Damian called behind Luke. "The guest will be arriving at 7. Make sure your are ready."
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Noah went to Eddie's apartment. "Hi Noah. What brings you by so early?"

Noah walked in. Roth was sitting on the sofa. "Eddie I need to talk to you about something. Remember that package I gave you. What was in it?"

Eddie looked at Noah. "I thought you knew."

Noah shook his head. "Mike, the guy who gave it to me, told me it was a tape, but when I spoke to him yesterday, he said he didn't really know."

Roth got up. "It was drugs and they almost killed Eddie. Didn't Luke tell you?"

Noah sunk to the sofa. "I haven't seen Luke since the party. We broke up."

Roth sat down next to Noah. "It was because of that kiss wasn't it. I asked Luke why he did it, but he didn't want to talk about it. I could tell something was wrong, but I was so worried abut Eddie, I didn't pursue it. Luke left the next day and I didn't get a chance to talk to him about it."

Noah put his hand on Roth's knee. "That's okay Roth. I know that you didn't have anything to do with it. I think that Luke was forced to do it."

Eddie looked at Noah. "Forced. By whom."

Noah looked at Roth and Eddie. "Has either of you heard of Damian Grimaldi."

Roth shook his head, but Eddie nodded. "Yeah. I met him one time when I was in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. He was quite the smooth talker. He helped me score."

Noah turned to Eddie. You met him in Chicago. So that is when you hooked up with Mike." Eddie shook his head. "I never met a guy named Mike. Grimaldi said that he had some premium stuff coming in. I was going to pay him for it, but he said that I could be his contact on campus. He was going to send it to me, but he couldn't do it directly and that he would have to use a fake name. He said to look for the package in a couple of weeks and that he would send it by a friend. I figured that you were the friend and Mike was someone that you knew."

Noah got up. "Mike must of just been a go between. He gave the package to me and was given drugs in return. I didn't think that he was gay."

Roth looked at Noah. "What are you talking about."

Noah shook his head. "Nothing. I think that this guy has Luke. I need to find him. Do you know where he is?"

Eddie got up. "No. Not really. I haven't had any contact with him since. If this guy has Luke, we definitely need to find him , but I want a piece of him too. Let me do some calling around. I'll find Mr Grimaldi for you."

Noah smiled. "Thanks Eddie."

Coming Soon: Friends Rush In
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